Poultonella

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Poultonella
Female Poultonella in Zapata County, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Poultonella
Peckham & Peckham, 1909[1]
Type species
P. alboimmaculata
(Peckham & Peckham, 1883)
Species

Poultonella is a genus of American jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1909.[2] As of August 2019 it contains only two species, found only in the United States: P. alboimmaculata and P. nuecesensis.[1] It is named in honor of Edward Bagnall Poulton.[2]

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